The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-12-02

ing away and clawing away st the live
year in and year out and death + tn
only Hercules who cnn break the p0wel
Of his beak or unclinch its claw. So also
Virgil and Homer wrote fables about
vuitures preyinZ upon the liver, bnt there
are those here to-day with whom It il No
fable. but q terrific reality.
That young man smoking cigarettes and
smoking cigars has no idea that he Is get
ting for himself smoked liver. That
young man has NO idea that he has by
early dissipation so depleted his energies
that he will 20 into the battle only hall
armed. Napoleon lost Waterloo days be-
fore it was fought. Had he attacked the
English army before il was reinforced,
and taken it division by division, he nigh,
have won the day, but he waited until he
had only one hundred thousand men
against two hundred thousand. And here
IS q young man who, il II
ment Of youthful tempta tons, in
the strength Of God might drive
them back, but he is allowing them to
be reinforced by the whole army Of mid
life temptations, and when all these COM
bined forces are massed against him and
no Grouchy comes to help him, and Bluct.
er has come to help his foes, what but i'm.
mortal defeat can await him?
Oh, my young brother. do not make the
mistake that thousands all around you are
making in opening the battle against sin
too late, for this world too late, and fol
the world to como too late. What brings
that express train from st. Louis into
Jersey City three hours late? They
lost fifteen minutes early on the route,
and that affected them all the way, and
they had to be switched of here and
switched of there and detained here and
detained there, and the man who loses
time and strength in the earlier part OF
the journey of life will suffer for IL all the
way through, the first twenty years Of life
damaging the following fifty years.
Some years ago a scientific lecturer went
through the country exhibiting on great
canvas different parts Of the hum an body
when healthy and different parts when
diseased. And what the world wants
now is some eloquent scientist to go
through the country showing to our young
people on bl azing canvas the drum kard's
liver, the idler's liver, the libertine's liver,
the gamblers liver. Perhaps the spectacle
might stop some young man before he
comes to the same catastrophe and the
dart strike through his own liver.
My nearer, this is the first sermon You
have heard on the gospel OF health, and it
nay be the last You will ever hear on that
subject, and charge you in the name of
God. and Of Christ, and usefulness, and
eternal destiny, take better care Of your
health. When some Of you die, il your
friends put on your tombstone truthful
epitaph, it will read: "Here lies the vic
tim Of late suppers:" or it will be: "Be-
hold what chicken salad at midnight will
do for q man." or it will be: ''Ten cigars q
or it will be: "Sat down in q cold
it will be: 81 died Of thin shoes last
winters" or it will be; "Went out with.
out an overcoat and took this last chilli"
or it will be: Thought I could do at
seventy what did at twenty, and am
here;" or it will be: "Here is the conse.
quence of sitting a half day with wet
feet:" or Il will BE-: "This is whore have
stacked my harvest Of wild oats;" or. in.
stead of words, the stone-cutter will
chisel for an epitaph on the tombstone
two figures, namely, dart and q liver.
There is kind of sickness that is beau
tiful when it comes from overwork for
God, or ones country, or ones family.
have seen wounds that were glori.
GUS. After the battle Of Ante.
tam, in the hospital, soldier
in reply to my question: "where are you
hurt !" uncovered his bosom and showed
me a cash that looked like q badge of
eternal nobility. have seen an empty
sleeve that was more beautiful than the
most muscular forearm. I have seen q
green shade over the eye shot out in bat
tie that was more beautiful than any two
eyes that had passed without injury.
have seen an old missionary, worn out
with the malaria Of African jungles; who
looked more radiant to me than rubicund
gymnast. have seen a mother, after q
six weeks watching over a family Of
children down with, the scarlet
fever, with . glory around her
pale and wan face that sur.
passed the angelic. It all depends on how
you got your sickness and in what battle
your wounds. Frederick T. Frelinghuy.
sen, the pride of New Jersey-aye, of the
Nation-and one of the pillars Of the
Christian Church. and for nearly four
years practically President OF the United
States, although in the office of Seer .sary
of State, in his determination +. make
peace with all the governments on this
American continent, wore himself out,
and while his brain was as keen as il ever
was, and his heart beat as regularly as il
ever did, he was, according to the bulle-
tins OF his physicians at Washington
and Newark, dying Of hardening Of the
liver. Satan, who does not like
liver. The last my dear friend-for be
was my friend and my fathers friend
before me-the last he was seen in Wash.
ington was in the Presidents carriage,
leaning his head against the shoulder Of
the President, on his way to the depot to
take the train to go homo to die. Martyr
Of the public service, he died for his coun.
try, though he died in time Of peace. In
his earlier life he was called the nephew
Of his uncle. Theodore Frelinghuy sen, but
he lived to render for God and his country
q service that will make others proud to
be his nephew, and which will keep his
name on the scroll Of history as the high.
sst style Of Christian statesman that this
century or any other century has pro-
iuced.
My Lord and my God! if we must get
sick and worn out, let it be in Thy service
and In the effort to make the world good
and happy. Not in the service Of sin. No!
No! One Of the most pathetic scenes that
ever witnessed. and I often see it, 10
hat Of mon or women converted in the
ifties, or sixties, or seventies, wanting to
be useful, but they 20 served the world
md Satan in the earlier part Of their life
hat they have no physical energy left for
he service Of God. Thew sacrificed nerves,
muscles. lungs, heart and liver on the wrong
altar. They fought on the wrong side. and
low when their sword is all hacked up